LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Donald John Morgan BROWN
Service No: 422415
Born: Young NSW, 1 August 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 May 1942
Unit: No. 20 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 20 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit Oxford aircraft HN727), Northamptonshire, 22 December 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Henry George and Verley Brown, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a non-operational night flight on 22 December 1943, Oxford HN727 crashed at 1910 hours at Northcade and the crew of two was killed. The Instructor and Pilot were carrying out searchlight co-operation, and it appears the pilot may have been blinded, and the aircraft dived to the ground. It was also considered that the pilot may have lost control by taking too violent evasive action.
The crew members of HN727 were:
Flight Sergeant Donald John Morgan Brown (422415) (Second Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Bernard Keith Falls Carter (413961) (Instructor, First Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/370